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Ashley, would you consider to allow us to switch the framerate mode in realtime?
No, that's not a solution, it's just a hack which only raises further difficult problems, like: how do you know when to turn it on? There are thousands of different devices out there with different hardware and different software configurations. And if you get it wrong, you'll drain the device battery, which is a worse problem than you started with.
In the devices with low performance caused by driver issue the fps are terrible making the game unplayable. Imagine someone who want to play your game, it download the game, then after some minutes you get 1 star rating complaining that more "advance" games run with no problem, so the problem must be the game, and in fact it is...Driver issue!
As I said before, my friend with a good phone was unable to play because of the bad performance. I tried to change the framerate and the game at that point was playable and the fps were good.
There could be several to know when you turn in:
- In empty layout, if the fps are low change framerate mode after some seconds.
- Allow the player to decide in the option if they want to boost the game as a lot of games do.
Don't take my wrong, I'm not saying that the battery is not an issue, but the player must decide about it. Take for example Sky: the children of light. It completely drains out your battery, it allows you do decide the framerate and the performance. I played that game, I tried it. Even while you charge the phone the battery goes down. Is it a problem? yes. Do people still play it? Yes!
A gamer knows already that by playing a game the battery will be suck it up. This hack will allow people with driver issue to play the game. Then, the decision is on the player if keep playing even if the battery goes down quickly, or stop playing. So, if there is a way to change the framerate mode in real time I don't understand why don't allow the developer to change it.